Daniel was one of Celine's 13 older siblings and the eighth child of parents, Thérèse Dion, 88, and Adhémar Dion, who died in 2003 at age 80.

Daniel is also survived by his daughters, Valérie and Marie-Michelle, grandchildren Matis and Laurianne and "many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends, who are remembering a gentle and reserved man of many talents," read the statement.

Daniel will be honored at a religious funeral later this month at St-Simon-et-Jude, in Charlemagne Québec, where the family was raised.

"His last days were in the wonderful care of the doctors and personnel at Maison Adhémar-Dion, a palliative care center in Terrebonne Québec," the statement read. "For those wishing to send flowers, a donation to that organization would be very much appreciated."

His and Celine's sister Claudette had recently told Le Journal de Montréal that family members, including their mother, had flocked to his bedside. The newspaper quoted the family as saying that Daniel passed away at 5 a.m. on Saturday.